The 10 highest-paid players in world football: How does Lionel Messi’s new deal compare?
LIONEL MESSI has recently signed an enormous new contract with Barcelona - where does he rank among the highest-paid footballers in the world?
The Argentinian superstar will stay at the club until at least 2021 after putting pen to paper on his new contract.
He’ll earn an eye-watering wage of £500,000-a-week over the course of the next four years.
But the Barcelona ace is still not the best-paid footy star in the world.
Some of the pay packets on offer in the Chinese Super League have dwarfed the financial pulling power of even the biggest clubs in Europe.
A number of top players have opted to head out to the Far East - and six of the names on this list play over there.
So which 10 footballers take home more wages than all the other players throughout the globe?
Click through the gallery above to find out.
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